mundungus

noun /mʌnˈdʌŋɡəs/

1. Offal; waste animal product; organic matter unfit for consumption.

   obsolete, uncountable

   Claret is the universal medicine here, and mundungus port the bane and stupefaction of all society.

2. Poor-quality tobacco with a foul, rancid, or putrid smell.

   archaic, uncountable

   And bribes with mundungus;

   Whom he brings in among us

Where it comes from

From the Spanish mondongo (“tripe, entrails”), perhaps via its English etymon mondongo.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry mundungus (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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